SERVANTHOOD
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Daily Readings: 1 Peter 5 and Psalm 45 And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but shows favour to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, then, under God’s mighty hand, so that he will lift you up in his own good time.
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 4 and Psalm 116 In 1 Corinthians 4, Paul wrote to correct the pride among the Corinthians Christians, and addressed sinful attitudes like being “puffed up” and “boasting”. These Corinthians had actually come to look down on Paul and the other apostles, whom they viewed as foolish, weak and dishonoured. By
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Daily Readings: Romans 16 and Psalm 112 Paul had not yet visited Rome when he wrote this letter, and yet he was able to greet quite a number of Roman Christians and their households by name. That’s because many of the people he had led to Christ during his missionary journeys had ended up in
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Daily Readings: Romans 15 and Psalm 111 “(Christ Jesus) gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.” (v.16) What a wonderful way for the apostle Paul to view his ministry. He understood that the Lord had
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Daily Readings: Acts 19 and Psalm 87 (Paul) took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord. (v.9-10) How did the Gospel spread throughout
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Daily Readings: Acts 14 and Psalm 82 ‘We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,’ they said. (v.22) Having been sent out by the Church of Antioch on a mission to take the Gospel of Jesus further afield, Barnabas and Saul did so with great determination. It was a very tough assignment,
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Daily Readings: Acts 6 and Psalm 74 The lesson of Acts 6 is very clear. When every disciple of Jesus responds faithfully to the call of the Lord and serves the Kingdom’s cause in the power of the Holy Spirit with his or her particular gifts and abilities, the Lord uses that to extend His
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Daily Readings: John 13 and Psalm 32 The night of Jesus’ betrayal had arrived. Judas had negotiated his price and was awaiting his moment. The rest of the apostles were oblivious. The day had been long, and many preparations had been made for the evening meal. Everyone was tired, and in their weariness they had
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Daily Readings: Matthew 20 and Psalm 20 The chapters of Matthew we have read this week (16-20) are regularly punctuated by the refrain that in God’s Kingdom, the first will be last, the last will be first, and the greatest will be the one who takes the lowest place. Clearly, Jesus aimed to emphasize this
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